| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Tone | the writers attitude toward the readers and the subject |
| Symbol | anything that stands for, or represents something else |
| Simile | a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using like or as |
| Rhyme | repitition of sounds at the end of words |
| Setting | time and place of the action |
| Personification | a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics |
| Paradox | a statement that seems to be contradictory but actually presents the truth |
| Oxymoron | a figure of speech that fuses two contradictory or opposing ideas |
| Mood | aka atomosphere, is the feeling created by the reader in a literary work or passage |
| Metaphor | a figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else |
| Irony | general name given to literary terms that invovle surprising, interesting, or amusing contradiction |
| Imagery | the descriptive language used in literature to re-create sensory experiences |
| Hyperbole | a deliberate exaggeration or overstatement |
| Apostrophe | a figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent person or personified quality, object, or idea |
| Alliteration | the repetition of initial consonant sounds |
Combine with other sets
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